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JANDL100 wrote:

ADPully wrote:

*= still own

decca kelly large things

sonab small model

Pioneer HPM1100

Hi Andy

I'd be most interested in some comments about these.

Decca kellys bought for £90 around 10 years ago these were orig modelsbass was sluggish and too sluggsh with 10w amp quite similar to B&amp;W DM70 great treble crap bass - that reminds me I had a pair of them infact still have the electrostatic treble units treble units - forgot them on my list.

so because of this sluggishness even with asugden 25watter the cab and bass units were skipped - treble units were brill and were bodged with various bass units eventually sold

Small sonabs were FANTASTIC I reallyregret selling them to a mate who passed them on Big sonabs are nowhere near as good

Pioneers geat bass tight and detailed but I could never cope with dryness of them - they were too analytical I mixed the DM70 treble (electrostaitic) with the Pioneer bass and with a valve amp and that was excellent

additional info - the P2H I have now bought orig in 2000 just work in my new room - for me more balanced than stacked quads - far better treble and tunefull bass plus they dont ask too much of other equipment in the system the 3Dness of these is fab I suspect they would work well with a Krell

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Pioneer - big 3 ways, can't recall model. Moved a lot of air and impressed me until one day I wandered into the Sound Organisation and heard something better.
(Incidentally, my first system was bought back in the '80s and despite having never read any mags and never met or spoke with anyone into hi-fi ..... I just instinctively thought that if they spent money on gadgets and flashing lights, that was less money on the sound quality making stuff - so I bought the least well equipped, most basic non-flashing light adorned hi-fi which happened to also be seperates - lucky eh!?)

Hi-Fi trail...

Epos ES11s on KuStones - lively and punchy. Still great little speakers IMO for the money. A friend of mine still has them.

Linn Nexus SE - bigger and more detailed, really enjoyed metal with these, but the presentation was a bit 'throw you back into the wall, now sit there and be subjected to this!' ...... I loved them at the time but knew they had some serious failings.

Naim SBLs - much more civilised. Presentation a world away from the agressive Nexus. Did subtlety and gave my music a depth I had not seen before. I started listening to music with more than just heavily amplified guitars!

Audio Physic Avanti IIIs - Cripes, that bass is big. Much more careful positioning required to make sure the bass doesn't get too much. Once positioned right, imaging (novelty for me), subtlety and presence. Also one of the only tweeters I have ever heard (other than a ribbon tweeter) that seems to blend almost seemlessly. Oh, and very pretty which had never even been a consideration of mine, but these do look nice - despite the moaning I get from my boyfriend or mother when she calls in regarding them being too far into the room and "Are they really necessary? No-one could possibly need speakers that size, they are rediculous, you can't really think they sound better, it is just showing off"

"The thing you have to remember is these people are not normal!" - Female visitor @ Scalford 2015

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Samantha wrote:

...mother when she calls in regarding them being too far into the room and "Are they really necessary? No-one could possibly need speakers that size, they are rediculous, you can't really think they sound better, it is just showing off"

Merlin VSM-MM - Not lush or romantic sounding but do not make poor recordings unlistenable despite being exceptionally transparent and revealing. They seem to be thriving on the end of some valves, I like these very very much.

The only thing that might tempt me away from them eventually is the lure of big fwack-off horns...